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THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT
VOL. 91.
PEOPLE'S m&i COLUMN
AdvertlBOmenU Inserted u. '*/■- >•
^•aalng at the rate of on* cent "j,
(or each Insertion. Persona and '
who do not have advertising contra
with the paper will be required to pa,
cash In advance.
GREENSBORO. M. C.. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 6. 1912 NO. 49.
THE TEACHERS ADJOURN.
OB account of having bought a
gre« many men's heavy work shoes
and home-made shoes before the
price was advanced, we can supply
all your wants as cheap as ever for
the present. Our stock of men's
and boys' shoes this season Is the
bet-: we have ever shown. Thacker
& !"rockniann.
-ohnson, Hinkle & Co. will give
you real bargains in clothing, shoes
and furnishings. Try them.
>4'>0 buys a 25 H. P. Brownell en-gine
and 40 H. P. boiler with stack,
f. a b. car. Cunningham Brock Co.,
Greensboro, N. C. ?
.'ANTED—Second-hand hay press.
PI :■ at The Patriot office.
•OR RENT—Several good farms.
F. Holmes, 114 North Mclver
•'. Greensboro, N. C. 47-2t.
No better solution for spraying
your trees than Sherwin-Williams
lime-sulphur. We have It. Guilford
Implement Company, 307 South Davie
str«-?r.
The winter overcoat you want
awaits you at our store, and the
price is rlsht. Let us show you.
Johnson, Hinkle & Co.
Many Matters of Important* Con-sidered
by Tar Heel Eduoators.
The annual meeting of tho North
. 'fna Teachers' Assembly, which
• '"-'held in this city last week,
came to a close Saturday with a bus-iness
session that was dovoted to
a consecration of committee reports
and other matters. Prof. A. C. Rey-nolds,
principal of the Cuilowhee
Normal and Industrial School, m
Jackson county, was elected presi-dent
for the ensuing year. prof. M.
C S. Noble, of the University of
North Carolina, was elected vice
president. The office of. secretary
was left open to be filled by the ex-ecutive
committee. Prof. R. D. W.
Connor, who has held the position
tor several years, declined to serve
longer, it i3 understood to be the
purpose of the executive committee
to employ a secretary to elevate his
entire time to the work of the or- I
ganization.
The greater part of the time of
the closing session was given over
to a consideration of the legislative
committees report. Th.e first resolu-tion
offered by this committee was a
recommendation to the legislature
that a stace tax of 5 cents on each
$100 worth cf property and IS cents
on each poll be levied and made
a fund for distribution annually by
the board of education to bring the
'or appeals from the county superin-tendent's
verdict are provided for la
the proposed law.
Superintendent Judd, of Wake
county, introduced a resolution as
chairman of a committee appointed
last yea,. to investigate the legal
status of women in North Carolina.
He reported that research had dis-closed
that the constitution of North
Carolina provides that only electors
may hold public offices and that the
right of suffrage is not held by
women; and the attorney general
holds that positions on school boards,
boards of trustees of educational
institutions, places on sub-text-book
commissions are offices.
The committee found that this law
closed a large field of usefulness to
the women of the teachers' assem-bly
and was harmful to the school
children and to the schools. Finding
| that only an amendment to the con-i
stitution could make a woman ellgi-
! ble as long as interpreters of law
| held such positions were offices; that
I to amend the constitution is a long
and arduous task; and that there is
i > provision in the constitution where
; persons not electors may hold cer-tain
offices of honor and reward, the,
committee recommended that the leg-;
i iclature be asked to enact a law
considering those positions named
| not offices but positions of honor
and reward. This resolution was
adopted by the assembly.
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION.
KILLED BY ACCIDENT.
GIFTS FOR ALL,—Headquarters
for rockers, music cabinets, china
closets, book cases, parlor suits, bed-room
suits, hall racks, go-carts, doll
carriages, hobby horses, express wag-ons,
velocipedes. tricycles, fancy
lamps, and hundreds of other use-ful
articles that make splendid Christ-mas
gifts. McDuftie's furniture store
opposite Kress' 5 and 10 cent store.
school term in every public school
district in the state up to the mini-mum
of six months' duration. I Benjamin A. Clarida Fatally Wound-
This resolution met with ready dis- | ed While Hunting,
cussion and Superintendent Coon, of I Mr Benjamin A. Clarida a well
the Wilson schools, offered a number known farmer and citizen of eastern
ot amendments and provisos to be
appended to the resolution before It
was pre33:.ter> to the assembly. Su-perintendent
Coon and Superintend"
Gullford, died at his home near
Peace Lutheran church early Sun-day
morning from a desperate wound
received while rabbit-hunting 'Satur-
It appears that, in
FOR SALE—One Moyer buggy.
rubber tire, good as new. Buggy and
harness at a bargain if sold at once.
C. rt. Grantham, at Routhside Hard-ware
Company.
ent Judd, of the Wake county schools, !day morning „.,
lea in opposition to the resolution J stooping to pick up a rabbit, Mr.
going through as it stood. Mr. Judd | clarida shoved his gun back, leav-made
his stood clear in a brief
speech.
He declared that a state-wide law
Of the kind, proposed would mean
unequal taxation, because some coun-ties
assess their property at one rate
and some at another; that in some
counties property is listed' t its ap-proximate
value and in others wav
ma lot ioi suie | under, ami k«aa. ~r n.x, .<.- ...
a. Whttsctt institute. Near a good ' tles -ls<ed nigh mm b
school and a good location. Price scnool U1<jney ,nto ^ e
reasonable. Mrs. A. 1. Lamb, Owl- counties improperly listed. He sug-lord
college. N. C. 46-4t. jgested that the provision that coun-pre-
-ties SUDmit to equalization in taxa-
Y<;;i will make a mistake if you
fail :o see us for your winter shoes,
•lofcr.son. Hinkle & Co.
County Officer* Sworn in Monday-
Other Business Transacted.
The December meeting of the board
of county commissioners, held Mon-day
and Tuesday, marked the begin-ning
of a new administration of
county affairs, although but few
changes were made in the personnel
of the officers. The retiring board
of commissioners met Monday morn-ing,
andfafter transacting the neces-sary
routine business, the new board
was sworn into office by Clerk of
the Court Forbls. The only new
member of the board is T. A. Wil-son,
of Eruce township, who suc-ceeds
c. A. Wharton, of Rock Creek.
W. C. Huron and W. G. Eradshaw
were elected for terms of four
years, while W. C. Tucker, J. A. Ran-kin
and T. A. Wilson go in for terms |
of two years each. The board organ-ized
for business by re-electing W.
C Boren chairman.
The state and county bonds of
Sheriff-elect D. B. Stafford, amount-ing
In the aggregate to $90,000, were |
examined and approved, alter which
the oath of office was administered
to him.
The board approved the two bonds
of Treasurer-elect McKinney—the
county bond in the sum of $45,000
i.'.d the "chool bond in the sum of
?25,0000—and the chairman adminis-tered
the oath of office.
Register of Deeds Rankin and Cor-oner
Wood presented their bonds,
which were found acceptable, and
the oa'h of office' was administered
to them.
The following minor officials were
re-elected, all to receive the same
s.i lares paid heretofore: W. W.
Whit ngton, keeper of the home for
the a ed and infirm; J. A. Davidson,
ct inty auditor and superintendent of
roads; John N. Wilson, county at-torney;
J. H. Clapp, standard keep-er;
C. M. Glass, superintendent of
•he workhousa. Willis Booth was re-appolnted
deputy auditor.
1». W. M. Jones, county superin-
FEDERAL COURT AT WORK.
ing the muxzle pointing toward his
side. His dog sprang upon the gun,
cocking the trigger and discharging
the weaponn* The entire load took I
effect in Mr. Clarida's side. The I tendent of health, made his monthly
wounded man was removed to his ! report. He repoted that Wesley
home and given prompt medical at- j Rass_ lne negro who was suffering
tentlon, but if was realized from the wiUl ,)0ilagra, had been pardoned and j
7A (en-room house and,'""lot for sal,_e u' nder■""—an"d •I»U'"M« IU*»u„r HtiI,;-ou.t,ers way .fir,sti that the injuries were of a"rer«lelMasUe«dl ,tr„o„m, tihnoe nconuunnttyv jiaaiili, Tmheerree,'
MUM .,=...„,„ MZL „ ^ V ■- ' becau6e of 'I"3 the coun- .fatal nature. | are now only 33 convlcts on the road |
Mr. Clarida is survived by his , gang 0f the county. During the month
widow and three brothers—-Messrs. «3 births Were reported. 33 male and
W. F. and H. P. Clarida, of this 30 female; 50 white and 13 negroes,
city, and Samuel Clarida, who re-sides
north of the city. The fu-neral
and interment took place at
Peace church Monday, the services
being attended by a large concourse
of sorrowing friends.
Make the children happy by
sen;;ng thorn with a Columbia phon-ograph
for Christmas. You can buy
one on easy terms from the Guil-ford
Implement Company, 307 South
Davie street.
Good farm near Liberty, N. C, for
sale. Farm in high state of cultiva-tion
and contains 132 acres. Good
buildings and outbuildings. Tools and
stock for sale also. Apply to A. F.
Ward. R. F. D. 1, Liberty, N. C. 3t
For underwear that gives warmth
and comfort, you want to see John-sor,
Hinkle & Co-
You could not do better than buy-ing
a nice phonograph for a Christ-mas
present to the family. All would
enjoy it during the winter months.
We have a few left- Price and terms
are right. Guilford Implement Com-pany,
306 South Davie street.
FARM FOR SALE—Eighty-five
acres S\'2 miles east of Greensboro,
on macadam road, two miles from
McLeansville, one-half mile from
Bethel Presbyterian church, 2 miles
east of Mt Pleasant Methodist
church. Close to school in special
tax district, six months' school. Good
7-room dwelling, tobacco barn, ten-ant
house, all necessary outbuildings,
on phone line, R. F. D. route. Good
natural meadow, orchard and tobac-co
land. See A. L. McLean, 218
Summit avenue.
FOR RENT—Several good tobacco
farms, w. F. Holmes, 114 North Mc-lver
street, Greensboro, N. C 49-2t
Now is a good time to use lime-sulphur
on your trees- The Guilford
Implement Company has the right
kind at the right price.
-Vr. W. B. Bevill, who has held the
office of general passenger agent of
the Norfolk and Western Railway
foi a number of years, has been pro-moted
to the position, of passenger
traffic manager of the road, and the
public will readily agree that the
promotion is a good one. He Is suc-ceeded
as general passenger agent
by Mr. W- C. Saunders. Both gen-tlemen
have the best wishes of The
Patriot.
I
tion be appended-
The other objection was that 'n
some counties the schools are more
closely established than in others and
tha* this lack of economy in district-ing
would load to further unequal dis-tribution
of the fund- The suggested
provision here was that all counties
submit to redistricting under a plan
which wo-ld provide for a school
within two miles of every child in
the county. .
State Superintendent Joyner made
a plea for the resolution as it was
first suggested. He declared that if
it wnnt before the general assembly
hampered with burdensome provi-sions,
nothing would be accomplish-ed.
Recognizing the right principles
of the suggested amendments, he
urged that progress be made step
by step. The original resolution was
adopted.
A resolution was adopted providing
that, in the apportionment of the
additional fund, the county and not
the township be made the unit-
The assembly gave its sanction to
a recommendation to be submitted to
the legislature by the North Caro-lina
child labor committee. This rec-ommendation
is that the law prohibit
children under 16 years of age being
worked at night in mills and fac-tories;
that no women be permitted
to work in such places of industry
a1 night; and that inspectors be ap-pointed
to enforce these laws.
A resolution was offered which Dr.
Joyner declared had as its purpose
the raising of the standard of the pro-fession
of teaching in North Caro-lina,
it was, in brief, to provide for
every teacher being examined, graded
and given a certificate by a state
board of examiners. This standard
would have to be attained by all
teachers, rural and urban.
This state board would adopt a
plan for classification of teachers and
their promotion from class to class
at an increase of salary commensu-rate
with the difference in the work.
After a teacher secures the state cer-tificate
he must then secure a certif-icate
from the county superintendent
showing that in other respects than
that of acholarsihp the applicant is
' qualified, for teaching. Arrangements
Elks Pay Tribute to Departed
Brothers.
The annual memorial service of
Greensboro Lodge No. 602, B. P. O.
Elks, was held in the Grand opera
house Sunday afternoon, when the
members of the order in this city as-sembled
to pay tribute to the mem-ory
of the 23 brothers who have died
since the institution of the local
lodge about 12 years ago. Mr.
Louis Goodman, of Wilmington, de-livered
the memorial address. Dur-ing
the past year the lodge lost
three members by death, and eulo-gies
on these were pronounced as
follows: Charles W. Tate, by John
N. Wilson; Frank Stanley, by Robert
D. Douglas; Thiers Leach, by Thom-as
j. Gold.
The death roll of the lodge con-tains
the names of the following de-parted
Elks: Frank Dunbar, Milton
L. Shields, John Gray Bynum, John
E. Catlin, Leon S. Tucker, T. C. Mc-
Corkle, Obed W. Carr, Calvin N.
McAdoo, James D. Glenn, Clarence
R. Brown, Thomas A. Sharp, Wil-liam
T. Powe, Alexander Perrow,
Moses H. Cone, Joseph E. Grimsley,
James H. Walsh, Isador Schiffman,
James E. Wrenn, John Sticker, R.
C. Whlttington, Theirs Leach, C. W.
Tate and Frank Stanley.
Young Man Dies From Accident.
Following serious injuries received
in a sawmill accident and a result-ing
case of pneumonia, Osborhe
Smith, a young son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. A. Smith, died at the home of
his parents near Brown Summit Sat-urday
night. He was fearfully wound-ed
by a saw in an accident that oc-curred
about two weeks ago, and
from the first slight hopes of his
recovery were entertained. Later
pneumonia developed and it was re-alized
that the case was practically
hopeless. He hovered between life
and death for a week or more. The
death of the young man is greatly
deplored In the community in which
he lived.
Only in deaths were reported, and
Dr. Jones states that it is evident
that the poople are sti" <ax in re-specting
the vital statistics law.
There are 33 cases of scarlet fever
in 16 families and nine cases of diph-theria
in five families, and most of
this near the borders of the county.
Mr. T. A. Wilson, the new member
of the board of commissioners, re-signed
as road commissioner for
Bruce township and Mr. H. G. Moore
was elected to the position.
Messrs. J. C. Bull and F. S. White-heart
resigned as road commission-ers
for Deep River township, Messrs.
J- W. Ingram and J. M. Matlock be-ing
elected to fill the vacancies.
The petition heretofore filed ask-ing
for a change in the public road
leading from the Salisbury road, near
J- H. Bowman's, to the Greensboro
road was granted-
The board also granted a petition
asking for the discontinuance of the
old public road leading from the
cross roads, in Friendship township,
to the railroad crossing in front of
the old Cooper place.
The board voted to appropriate to
the city of High Point, for the pur-pose
of connecting up its streets
with the county roads, an amount to
be proportionate to the sums here-tofore
appropriated to the city of
Greensboro for like purposes, the
cost of the work heretofore done in
High Point to be deducted there-from.
The apportionment is to be
made in accordance with the value
of taxable property in 1912 and the
payments are to be made April 1,
1913, and April 1, 1914.
The following Jurors were drawn
for the civil term of Guilford Superior
court to convene January 13 next:
Thomas J. Brooks, Z. H. Mangum, E.
G. Brothers, James F. Doggett, R. A.
Sockwell, C. Floyd Fields, W. W.
Wharton, J. W. Petty, A. J. Tooms,
Jeter B. Morton, H. T. Martin, W.
M. Clark, R. H. Gourley. L. W.
Smith, Nathan McGehee, W. B. An-thony,
W. L. Gibbons and L. C.
Beal.
No Caseo of Importance Disposed of
Thus Far.
The December term of United
States District court convened in this
city Monday morning. Judge Boyd
presiding, and proceeded at once to
the dispatch of business. The fol-lowing
were drawn as members of
the grand Jury, Judge Boyd direct-ing
that the Jury be composed of 21
men instead of 18: A. J. Gordon,
foreman; J. B. McMullin, W. M.
Moffitt, J. D. Butler, J. H. McClure,
Hosea Gallimore, Steve H. Ware, D.
M. Hohm, J. H. Lambeth, J. M. Her-bin,
Ruffin W. Roberts, James W.
Perguson, C. E- Duncan, J. L. Hohr,
R- L. Perdue. M. C. Reaves, John W.
Shamel, N. J. Martin, w. J. Atkins,
Thomas B. Bailey, James W. New-man..
The judge's charge to the grand
jury was able and comprehensive.
Emphasis was laid by the court on
the crimes of conspiracy, illegal con-ditions
arising in squabbles between
capital and labor and other questions
ol Importance in community life. The
difference between a criminal con-spiracy
under state and federal law
was pointed out by Judge Boyd. Un-der
the 'aws of the state, for two or
more persons to conspire toother to
commit an unlawful' act or a lawful
act in an unlawful manner, consti-tutes
the crime; but under federal
law some overt act must be done, fol-lowing
tho actual conspiracy, before
The first case called was an in-dictment
against Joshua Roberts, of
Rockingham county, charged with
distilling. By direction of the court,
a' verdict of acquittal was returned
by the jury.
D. C. Taylor, charged with shipping
birds out of the state' labeled as
butter, was found guilty and fined
fl and costs, the fine being made
light on account of the fact that
the defendant had previously been
prosecuted in the state court.
Will Wade, a 16-year-old colored
youth of Alamance, was convicted
of stealing a letter from a mail
box and S2ntenced to the govern-ment
reformatory near Washington
for 15 months.
John Ellis Hukhins, or Yadkin,
was sentenced to the federal peniten-tiary
at Atlanta for a year and a
day for retailing. "v-
Judgment was suspended in the
case of Gray Bullen, of Yadkin coun-ty,
who was convicted of aiding and
abetting in distilling.
Thomas Willard, of Yadkin county,
and James Corn, of Stokes, were ac-quitted
in two cases charging them
with distilling. J
Sam Lee, of Rockingham county,
was acquitted in a case charging
him with removing and concealing|
whiskey.
Henry Sturgil, of Virginia, was
sentenced to the Atlanta penitentiary
for 15 months for using the mails
in a scheme to defraud.
A. p. Robinson, of Wilkes county,
was convicted of rescuing a wagon
from the government which had been
confiscated when found at a whiskey
distillery. He was sentenced to one
year and a day in the Atlanta peni-tentiary.
This Judgment was stay-ed
for six months to allow the man
time to prepare to serve the sen-tence.
Charles Ireland and Bud WooteS,
cf Wilkes county, charged with il-licit
distilling, were allowed to sub-mit
a plea of guilty and to receive a
light sentence. Each man was given
one month and fines of $100 for
Ireland and $200 for Wooten. Upon
payment of the fines, which were
handed over at once, the men were
to be allowed to go without serving
the 30 days.
SELLING INTOXICANTS.
"NIBser" People Charged With Vio-lating
Prohibition Law.
Police officers Monday made a raid
of the near-beer or no-tax saloons
of the city and arrested four pro-prietors
of these resorts on warrants
charging them with selling intoxi-cants.
The men under arrest are:
H. R. Fentress, C. E. Fryar, Tom
West and C. B. Wllkerson. They are
held under bonds of $200 each for
their appearance before Judge Eure,
in the .Municipal court. Saturday
morning for trial. The arrests were
made as ihe result of analyses which
showed that drinks sold at the
places under suspicion contain a
larger percentage of alcohol than
the law allows.
Greensboro is justly regarded as
one of the tightest prohibition towns
in the state, and yet it is not dis-puted
that the law is violated here
every' day and several times a day
—and there are quite a few who be-lieve
the near-beer saloons to be
the chief offenders. In a chasten-ing
address to the police force, deliv-ered
from the bench less than 90
days ago, Judge Eure asked and
wanted to know why an officer
should expend so much time and
energy In chasing a negro who sup-plied
3ome thirsty citizen with a
pint or half-pint of liquor In a dark
alley and leave the near-beer sa-loons
alone, places which the judge
said were generally believed to be
nothing more or less than blind tig-ers
in disguise.
The public will await with inter-est
the result of the trial of the al-leged
blind tigers.
One of GuiWord's Best Citizens An-swers
Summons.
Mr. G. K. Briggs, one of Guilford s
most estimable citizens, died at
7.30 o'clock Monday morning at his
home on Greensboro R. F. D. 4,
about five miles from the city. He
hac" been in feeble health for sev-eral
years, buj,pneumonia was the
immediate'tttilse of'death. The fu-neral
and interment took place Tues-day
at Midway Presbyterian church,
of which Mr. Briggs was a faithful
member.
Mr. Briggs was 73 years old and
is surveyed by his widow and four
children—a daughter in Texas, an-other
in South Carolina and two sons
at home. He was true in all the re-lations
of life, and in his death his
community . and the county lose a
good citizen who will , be sincerely
mourned for the virtues and "no
traits r» character he possessed.
In Case of FIRE
Your money will be se- j
cure if deposited with this
strong bank.
Mr. Tom Styers has returned to
his home in northern Guilford from a
month's trip to New Orleans, Hous-ton,
Galveston and other points in
the Southwest.
Young Bay Aocidentally Shot.
Master Rudolph Bernau. the young
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Bernau,
of this city, was accidentally shot
in the breast and painfully wounded
by a playmate last Thursday after-noon.
He was spending Thanksgiv-ing
with friends in the Oroometown
neighborhood, and along with sev-eral
other boys, was engaged in
shooting at a target with a .22-cal-iber
rifle. While young David Free-man
was attempting to extract a
cartridge from the rifle the weapon
was discharged. The bullet struck
young Bernau in the breast and
penetrated to a depth of an inch or
more. He was given prompt surgi-cal
attention and later removed to
the home of his parents. The young
fellow is recovering very nicely from
the wound and will be out in a few \
days. V
And there are many <
other ways in which we ;
j '■ can serve you to advan- ;
tage. For instance: Pay- j
ing your bills by check
enables you to keep ac-
; count of all expenses,
avoids the trouble of ma-king
change, and when
cancelled, is the best re-ceipt
to be had. And then,
having an account here,
will enable you to secure
financial aid of this bank j
; whenever your balances
! and responsibility war-
; rant It You'll find tha
a great help when the
time comes to buy your ;
farm supplies.
Come in and have a
talk with us.
: American Exchange
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TWELVE PAGES-.
THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT
VOL. 91.
PEOPLE'S m&i COLUMN
AdvertlBOmenU Inserted u. '*/■- >•
^•aalng at the rate of on* cent "j,
(or each Insertion. Persona and '
who do not have advertising contra
with the paper will be required to pa,
cash In advance.
GREENSBORO. M. C.. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 6. 1912 NO. 49.
THE TEACHERS ADJOURN.
OB account of having bought a
gre« many men's heavy work shoes
and home-made shoes before the
price was advanced, we can supply
all your wants as cheap as ever for
the present. Our stock of men's
and boys' shoes this season Is the
bet-: we have ever shown. Thacker
& !"rockniann.
-ohnson, Hinkle & Co. will give
you real bargains in clothing, shoes
and furnishings. Try them.
>4'>0 buys a 25 H. P. Brownell en-gine
and 40 H. P. boiler with stack,
f. a b. car. Cunningham Brock Co.,
Greensboro, N. C. ?
.'ANTED—Second-hand hay press.
PI :■ at The Patriot office.
•OR RENT—Several good farms.
F. Holmes, 114 North Mclver
•'. Greensboro, N. C. 47-2t.
No better solution for spraying
your trees than Sherwin-Williams
lime-sulphur. We have It. Guilford
Implement Company, 307 South Davie
str«-?r.
The winter overcoat you want
awaits you at our store, and the
price is rlsht. Let us show you.
Johnson, Hinkle & Co.
Many Matters of Important* Con-sidered
by Tar Heel Eduoators.
The annual meeting of tho North
. 'fna Teachers' Assembly, which
• '"-'held in this city last week,
came to a close Saturday with a bus-iness
session that was dovoted to
a consecration of committee reports
and other matters. Prof. A. C. Rey-nolds,
principal of the Cuilowhee
Normal and Industrial School, m
Jackson county, was elected presi-dent
for the ensuing year. prof. M.
C S. Noble, of the University of
North Carolina, was elected vice
president. The office of. secretary
was left open to be filled by the ex-ecutive
committee. Prof. R. D. W.
Connor, who has held the position
tor several years, declined to serve
longer, it i3 understood to be the
purpose of the executive committee
to employ a secretary to elevate his
entire time to the work of the or- I
ganization.
The greater part of the time of
the closing session was given over
to a consideration of the legislative
committees report. Th.e first resolu-tion
offered by this committee was a
recommendation to the legislature
that a stace tax of 5 cents on each
$100 worth cf property and IS cents
on each poll be levied and made
a fund for distribution annually by
the board of education to bring the
'or appeals from the county superin-tendent's
verdict are provided for la
the proposed law.
Superintendent Judd, of Wake
county, introduced a resolution as
chairman of a committee appointed
last yea,. to investigate the legal
status of women in North Carolina.
He reported that research had dis-closed
that the constitution of North
Carolina provides that only electors
may hold public offices and that the
right of suffrage is not held by
women; and the attorney general
holds that positions on school boards,
boards of trustees of educational
institutions, places on sub-text-book
commissions are offices.
The committee found that this law
closed a large field of usefulness to
the women of the teachers' assem-bly
and was harmful to the school
children and to the schools. Finding
| that only an amendment to the con-i
stitution could make a woman ellgi-
! ble as long as interpreters of law
| held such positions were offices; that
I to amend the constitution is a long
and arduous task; and that there is
i > provision in the constitution where
; persons not electors may hold cer-tain
offices of honor and reward, the,
committee recommended that the leg-;
i iclature be asked to enact a law
considering those positions named
| not offices but positions of honor
and reward. This resolution was
adopted by the assembly.
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION.
KILLED BY ACCIDENT.
GIFTS FOR ALL,—Headquarters
for rockers, music cabinets, china
closets, book cases, parlor suits, bed-room
suits, hall racks, go-carts, doll
carriages, hobby horses, express wag-ons,
velocipedes. tricycles, fancy
lamps, and hundreds of other use-ful
articles that make splendid Christ-mas
gifts. McDuftie's furniture store
opposite Kress' 5 and 10 cent store.
school term in every public school
district in the state up to the mini-mum
of six months' duration. I Benjamin A. Clarida Fatally Wound-
This resolution met with ready dis- | ed While Hunting,
cussion and Superintendent Coon, of I Mr Benjamin A. Clarida a well
the Wilson schools, offered a number known farmer and citizen of eastern
ot amendments and provisos to be
appended to the resolution before It
was pre33:.ter> to the assembly. Su-perintendent
Coon and Superintend"
Gullford, died at his home near
Peace Lutheran church early Sun-day
morning from a desperate wound
received while rabbit-hunting 'Satur-
It appears that, in
FOR SALE—One Moyer buggy.
rubber tire, good as new. Buggy and
harness at a bargain if sold at once.
C. rt. Grantham, at Routhside Hard-ware
Company.
ent Judd, of the Wake county schools, !day morning „.,
lea in opposition to the resolution J stooping to pick up a rabbit, Mr.
going through as it stood. Mr. Judd | clarida shoved his gun back, leav-made
his stood clear in a brief
speech.
He declared that a state-wide law
Of the kind, proposed would mean
unequal taxation, because some coun-ties
assess their property at one rate
and some at another; that in some
counties property is listed' t its ap-proximate
value and in others wav
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